June 23rd, 2008
George “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 71. George Carlin was well on his way to being a seasoned and all out comedian by the time I became old enough to watch one of his shows. I remember a lot of bad words, raunchy content and a heck of a lot of laughs.
Says fellow comedian Tommy Chong, “”He made us look at things, look at ourselves. You won’t find too many comics with the kind of chops to do that.”
Carlin suffered his first attack when he was 41 and several since then. He entered rehab as recent as 2004 for Vicodin and alcohol addiction- after many years battling cocaine. His funny ways and sparkling personality will be missed.
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By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments
June 22nd, 2008
There are huge socioeconomic factors that play into heart disease and death. Mayo Clinic researchers present new data suggesting that people with lower incomes and education levels are more likely to die after heart attack than more affluent, educated people.
Reasons being education’s positive effect on factors that include job opportunities, income, housing, access to nutritious foods and health insurance. Higher levels of education also could directly affect health through greater knowledge acquired during schooling and greater empowerment and self-efficacy. Also education is strongly associated with health literacy, which in turn affects one’s ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions as well as attend rehab programs.
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By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment
June 22nd, 2008
I saw a commercial for a new combination medicine. Caduet. It is a mix of Norvasc and Lipitor and I wrote about it last year when it first came on the scene. It lowers your blood pressure while lowering your cholesterol. I still have yet to really see this medication prescribed. Here are its benefits…
- CADUET can be taken anytime, day or night, with or without food.
- CADUET offers every dose combination of Norvasc and Lipitor for flexible dosing options (excluding 1 combination: CADUET 2.5 mg/80 mg).
- CADUET is available on many managed care plans nationwide.
It is like killing 2 birds with 1 stone- with only one co-pay. Have you tried it? Or do you know someone that has? How did they make out? I would love some feedback.
via Caduet Official Site
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 22nd, 2008
Still on the heels of the death of Tim Russert there is yet another test raving of benefits… calculating cardiac calcium scores.
“Calcium scoring is helpful to see if somebody has coronary disease,” she said. “It’s not as helpful to determine … where critical blockages are or which plaque is going to cause a problem. It’s a good screening test. We go from there to try to reduce the risk of having a heart attack.”
With a positive test the patient then has the knowledge to go and have a stress test and ultimately a cath to fix any blockages.
via Baltimore Sun
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 22nd, 2008
This is interesting. Since Tim Russert’s sudden cardiac death appointments with cardiologists are up and awareness is at an all time high.
“Any time a celebrity has a medical problem that hits the news, there’s a heightened awareness of the condition. That’s human nature,” said Dr. Stephen Green, chief of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. “We’ve been seeing more people coming into the emergency room and scheduling appointments.”
Good does come out of hardship and sadness. Are you up to date with your cardiology appointments?
via Newsday.com
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 21st, 2008
Boy oh boy- what a week. Lets see… I passed out at work due to a bloodsugar of 38- go figure. It was AFTER I ate lunch and was back on the floor/nursing. What the heck is all I have to say? Thanks goodness I am a nurse and my fellow nurses didn’t freak out and put some instant glucose under my tongue and smacked me around a bit. I came right to and my BS went up to 73. I felt much better after that.
Other then that- my BS have been very controlled this week between 73-104. I lost 3 pounds finally!! How was your week?
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 19th, 2008
Have you ever been involved in a natural disaster?
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June 17th, 2008
Keeping with this months theme day here at the Health and Wellness channel- ‘School is out for the summer’… which means summer camps.
Thanks to many of camps around the world- kids that have disabilities or special needs including congenital heart defects and severe heart disease can take place in the summer fun all the same.
I found and incredible resource while searching for camps in my area. The camps are listed by State and Region. Many are offered for children with heart disease- wonderful indeed!
If you have had any experience with any of the camps listed please let me know how it went and if you would recommend it to another parent. It is always nice to hear feedback.
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 15th, 2008
Following the untimely death of Tim Russert there seems to be a new concern for heart health in men over 50.
Few people understand that coronary heart disease is still the number one killer of men, responsible for more than half of deaths among men. Also, more than half of these deaths are not preceded by any symptoms. About one third of all heart attacks are fatal, while the rest may cause permanent damage.
How is that for scary? Do you have regular checkups? Physicals and blood pressure screenings?
What do you need to do? Quit smoking, eat healthier, exercise more and control your diabetes to start. Make sure you will be here to watch your grandchildren and grow old.
via eFluxMedia
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
June 15th, 2008
This week was very crazy around here- really quite sad. We had several deaths in our close nit community and at my workplace. With that being said… was virtually non existent around the blogging front. Apologies!
For the week- my bloodsugars were very very very low. Did I mention that they were low? Like 62 and 53 low. Usually stress affects me the other way but for whatever reason my sugar checks were in the toilet and I would definitely rather be high then low.
Low is no good! I ate my regular foods and did exercise for most of the week- which consisted of walking and swimming. I do need to get back on track with my weights and situps/pushups. Desperately.
So on to a better week- I hope!! Honestly- it can not get much worse.
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